Combined feed-cooker and scalder



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W. AQS'TEFPA.

COMBINED PEBDGOOKBR AND SGALDER.

No' 356.042l

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W.1:A. STEFFA.

COMBINED EEED GOOKER AND SGALDEE.

No. 366,042. Patented July 5, 1887.

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W'ILLIAM A. STEFFA, OF ROCKVALE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED FEED-C-OOKER AND SCALDER.

SPECIFICATION forming pari: of Letters Patent No. 366,042, dated July 5, 1887. Application filed May 5, 1886. Serial No. 201,182. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAu ARTHUR STEFFA, of Rockvale, Oregon. l?. O., in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have i11- vented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Feed-Cooker and Scalder; of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvement arranged as a hog-scalder. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevationof the same taken through the broken linexx :c x, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is asectional rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same arranged as a feedcooker, parts being broken away.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined feed-cooker and hog-scalder constructed in sucha manner that it can be readily used for either purpose, and which shall be simplein construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the feedcook'er and hog-scalder, as will be hereinafter fully described.

The furnace A is made with an upward offset inits bottom, and is formed by securing end and bottom plates to and between side plates. The end and bottom plates are made with flanges upon the outer sides of their side edges, which are perforated for the passage of the long bolts B. rIhe long bolts B also pass through holes along the bottom and end edges of the side plates. By this construction the fastening-bolts B will all be outside the furnace, and thus not liable to be burned off or otherwise injured by the fire. The upward offset of the furnace bottom serves as a bridge- ,wall to project the products of combustion and closes against the forward edge of the otherl side plate. In the furnace-door E are formed two sets ofdraft-openings, F, one above and the other below the level of the grate C, and which are closed by sliding dampers G, so that the draft can be introduced above or below the said grate,'as the kind of fuel being used may require. 'Ihe furnace A is supported upon legs H, or frames of such a length as to raise the bottom of 'the said furnace to a sufficient height above the floor or ground. The rear end of the furnace is provided with anarrow top plate, I, through which is formed a narrow opening, .I, extending nearly across the furnace, and provided with a collar to receive a wide flattened pipe, K, so that the products of combustion will pass back evenly along the bottom and sides of the tank L instead of being concentrated toward a small discharge-opening, and will thus heat all parts of the said tank equally. The tank L is made with flaring sides and ends and with a flange,

M, upon the middle or upper part of its outer surface to rest upon the upper edge of the furnace, and thus suspend the said tank within the said furnace. Vith this construction spaces will be left between the sides and ends of the tank and the sides and ends of the furnace, so that the products of combustion can pass all around the said tank and thus heat it very quickly, and with a comparatively small amount ef fuel. The tank L is made in one piece, and has a discharge-opening in the lower part of one side, in which is secured the inner end of a short dischargetube, N, through which the liquid or semifluid contents of the said tank can be drawn off. Vhen the feed is to be steamed, a perforated false bot-tom, O, is placed in the lower part of the tank L and supported at the desired height by short legs I), attached to it and resting upon the bottom of the said tank, as shown in Fig. 4., so as to support the feed above the water placed in the lower part of the said tank. The tank L is provided with a cover, Q, which is hinged at the ends of one side edge to lugs formed upon or attached to the said tank L, so that the said cover can be turned back into a horizontal position, as shownv in Figs. l and 3, to serve as a table.

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The cover Q is strengthened by cross-bars R, secured to its upper side nearits ends. To the cross-bars It, near their ends, are attached staples S, to receive bars T, which are kept from sliding out of the said staples S when the cover Q is raised by cross-pins U, attached to them in such positions that when `the cover Q is turned back a little pasta vertical position the lower ends of the said bars T will rest against the side of the tank or furnace, and thus prevent the said cover from being turned back too far. When the cover Q is turned back into a horizontal position, the bars T are withdrawn from the staples S, their lower ends are placed in recesses V in the legs H, and their upper ends are placed in recesses WV in the cross-bars R, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as to support the said cover firmly in place. With this construction the cover Q is adapted to serve as a table to support a hog while the hai/r is being removed.

To the upper side of the forward end of the cover Q are attached staples X, to receive hooks Y, attached to the upper ends of the side bars of the frame Z when the said cover is vadjusted as a table. The frame Z is made of such a length as to reach nearly to the lground when hung from the staples X. To the lower end of thc'frame Z is hinged, by a round, a, or other suitable means, the end of a frame, b. Tothe round a is also hinged short legs or braces c, the free ends of which are pointed and rest upon the ground'to hold the lower end of the frame Z from being forced inward when in use. To the frame b is attached a shelf or chair, d, of sufficient size to receive a hog, and in such a position as to be a little above the table Q when the frame b is raised against the end of the saidtable, so that the hog can slide or be readily drawn from the said chair to the said table. In reeesses in the upper edges of the ends of the tank L, and close tothe hinged edges of the cover Q, is journaled a shaft, e, to which are attached, or upon it are formed, arms f,which are bent at an angle, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to rest againsti the side and bottom of the tank L when' turned down into the said tank. The shaft e and arms f serve as a cradle for lowering the hog into and raising it from the tank L. To one end of the shaft e is attached a lcrank-arm or lever, g, by means of which the cradle ef can be readily turned into and out of the tank L. v

ln using the machine for scaldings hogs, the cradle e f is adjusted in place in the tank L, and when the water in the said tank is sufficiently heated the cover Q is turned back and secured in a horizontal position, and the frames Z b are connected with the said cover. The hog is then laid upon the chair cl, and the outer end of the frame-b is raised, depositing the hog 011 the table Q. 4The hog is then lowered into the tank by means of the cradle e f, or by other suitable means, and

when suiciently scalded it is raised from the tank L by' means of the cradle ef and placed upon the t-able Q, where the hair is removed in the ordinary manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A scalder and feed-cooking device comprising the furnace A, having an open top and a wide smoke-discharge aperture, J, at its rear end, the tank L, having a flange, M,

`around its outer side, supporting it upon the top edge of the furnace, the sides and ends of the tank being inclined, as shown, to permit the free passage of the heat entirely around it in passing to the aperture J,.the horizontal removable shaft e, having reduced portions resting-in recesses in the ends of the tank near one side thereof, and provided with the angular arms f, resting close to the side and bottom of the tank, and the cover Q, formingthe table hinged to the side of the tank next to the shaft e, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the tank and 'its support, of the hinged cover Q, having staples S, and the removable transverse bars T, loosely mounted therein and having stop-pins,where by when the bars are held by the staples the cover may be raised and supported, and by lowering thecover to a horizontal position and removing the bars and placing them, as described, below the cover, a table may be formed, substantially as set forth. f

3. The combination, with the hotwater ICO tank, andthe table to one side thereof', of a vertically-swinging frame pivoted at its lower end below the table, and having a shelf or chair, the front edge of which is approximately in line with the table when the frame is raised to a perpendicularposition, substantially as set forth. r

4. The combination, with the hot-water tank, and the cover hinged thereto, of a detachable vertically-swinging frame removably secured to the cover, and having a shelf or chair adapted to deliver. the article held thereby upon the cover when the frame is lraised to a vertical position, substantially as the cover forming a table hinged to the upperedge of the tank at the side nearest the notches, of Aa removable shaft, e, extending along the inner side of the tank below its upper edge .and having its bearings in said notches, and the angular arms f on the shaft hinged to the frame Z, and provided With a 1o resting close to theside andbottom ofthetank, chair, d, substantially as hereinyshown and substantially as set forth'. described, Wherebya hog can bc readily raised 7. In a combined feed-cooker and scaider, and deposited upon the said cover, as set 5 the combination, with the hinged cover Q, forth.

having` staples X, andthe supporting-bars T, VILLIAM A. STEFFA.` of the frame Z, having hooks` Y, engaging Witnesses: with the said staples, the pointed braces c, GEO. A. MIX,

hinged to the said frame, and the frame b, F. E. THAYER. 

